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Since Mr Regular has german roots i'll use this as an excuse for you guys to come here to Germany. We are big fans of you here in the Frankfurt area and i'd let you review my "Artega GT" and "NSU Prinz Typ 47" and "Wiesmann MF3 Roadster" which all 3 are very weird but fun german cars. And some of my colleagues and friends would also love to let you review their odd german cars like the "Opel Manta", "BMW M1", "Bitter CD", "Melkus RS1000" and of course the east-german "Trabant 601" and the WW2 "VW Kübelwagen" All are around Frankfurt, i'll drop you an e-mail in case you ever decide to travel around these parts!
but without rover there would be no bmw or audi or land rover or range rover n Honda would prob not have their type R range as rover helped them with handling problems rover has a legendary race n rally history not to mention prestiege
@@boxinglegends6454 why would there be no BMW or Audi without Rover? I’m really curious to hear that explanation! Especially since this rover model uses lots of old BMW parts.
Ro Lux the 1st BMWs n Audis where old Rover floorplans n shells from Rover even Honda had to get Rovers help with its suspension problems And now theres a Rover on Mars
More importantly, the european fuel economy rating is completely different, absolutely unrealistic, you can only get that number if you drive 50 mph in the slipstream of a semi truck. The exact same engine would be EPA rated at something close to 30 MPG.
Most likely (for a gas / petrol T-1.8L I4 w/probably 180bhp, or roughly the new Audi A3 sedán / saloon US-spec output) would be US-EPA rated at ~ 24/30 US-MPG (city / highway) and those would be a more realistic measure of what that RWD Rover 75 can achieve. In US spec only low-powered gas / petrol + electric hybrids (Prius anyone?) or < 150bhp turbodiesels can stand a chance at a 45+ US-MPG highway rating.
@@minoanlight4545 Which is caused by leaks from using nylon locating pegs for the cylinder head in early versions and poor original inlet manifold gasket. Both were finally fixed not long before they stopped making the excellent K series engine. I've had Honda and VW twin cams and the Rover was the best for torque and driveability.
I enjoyed this review so much I went out & bought one for myself. Rover 75 Connoisseur with black piped leather trim & the 1.8ltr Turbo engine. I certainly think these are comparable to the Buick market segment in America in terms of both trim levels & demographic buyers. However I buck the trend because I'm a younger buyer like this driver & I've seen two in the last week driven by guys in their twenties.
Separate temperature setting for dash vents is an awesome thing for winter. You can quickly heat up your interior and windshield without breathing hot air. Some Saabs and Volvos have it too.
“Heat on the feet, air in the hair.” My feet get cold easily. My head and upper body tends to overheat. And sometimes both of these things happen at the same time. So I can appreciate that kind of specific control for the HVAC system.
Was based on the Mk.1's platform, which in turn was derived from the Seirra. Which if I remember rightly still used some Cortina based parts, might be wrong about that last bit though.
The guy has no idea what he's talking about, the mk2 Scorpio is a facelift of the mk1 which is a heavily modified version of the ford Sierra platform which featured a brand new rear suspension design unrelated to the cortina which had a live rear axle
I have had 2x rover 75 and both were amazing cars.When i got them they had been neglected by previous owners.Once i sorted them out they were amongst the best saloon car i have driven.Currently i have a 75 1.8 and it only has 38k on the clock.It's a beauty.All you people looking for flash cars dont know what you are missing out on.I highly recommend these cars.
I like a bit of body lean like P71 or maybe mid to low tier mercury levels of body lean. Once you get over the fear that first comes with feeling the body lean over like where you think youre about to flip the car it becomes a really good indicator for how hard youre turning and if youre indeed at risk of turning too hard
Same here, and with an automatic Civic. And there have been times where my mother would use my car and she'd have trouble getting the parking brake back down, lol.
Different air temps between feet and face would be a very useful thing in bad weather where your legs might be cold and soaked and youre trying to dry off but the heater is way too hot for the rest of your body
A very accurate review of how the 75 feels to own and drive. They're very pleasant to drive...and the enthusiast owners swear by them. If you want to sample the predecessor, the Rover 800 Series......hunt out either a Sterling 825 or 827, or a first generation Accura Legend :).
Had an 820 for 3 years and found it handled like a boat compared to the SAAB 900 I swapped it for. Yes, I think the 75 is a far better car than the 800, but there are certain things I don't like about some of the interior trim, especially the door cards, why they use a nylon style fabric, and the material they used on the seats is rather thin, similar to my wife's 1988 Mini City, how long will it last? We will see unless we end up with a 2006 Jaguar XJ6/8 petrol engined car again.
my brother had the MG V8 version of this car. it really was made on a shoestring by Rover. It was like a car made of the parts bin. It even had a TV in it which displayed the BMW logo when you turned it on. Couldnt even be bothered to reflash the startup screen! that'll Do
It weren't that they were lazy by that point, it's that they were PROFOUNDLY cash-starved. This would've been after they got sold by BMW to the Phoenix group. This organisation was...somewhat less than reputable, (one of the directors installed software that was called "Evidence Eliminator" and that shockingly, a bunch of evidence showing where £42 million of employees pays and pension had gone to was...hold onto your butts...eliminated), and they also didn't have anything like the money that a volume car manufacturer needs.
I test drove a Rover 75 2005 2.5 litre V6 and the acceleration was not responsive. I had to literally press hard with my foot on the accelerator to get speed pick up of the car. Is this a common issue with this series model?
Can someone please remind me which video where mr. Regular said something along the lines "it has no clutch, it's not a manual?" I'm having a sudden crave for it
Oh, and I brought up the mk2 Scorpio on an earlier video hoping you would somehow look into it considering its the European's take on a basic American-esque saloon.
It has been a feature of Rovers for a long while. My dad's 3.5 V8 SD1 had that in the 70's. Cool for the face, warm for the feet can be appreciated by anyone that has experienced a British winter.
Avoid 1.8s they dont have enough water in them by design and you have to top them up to full or the gaskets go. The Rover 75 is a heavy car and low, it takes corners easily compared to many saloons. The Bmw engine is bullet proof 2.0l 2.5l, but 19mpg and diesel saloon and Tourer 50mpg. These cars go for absolute bargain prices now, yet drive as good or better than most other makes.
The only car I could think of that we have here comparable would be the Mazda 626, luxurious enough for a luxury sedan, yet has sporty features all around, and is one of the few luxury cars with a manual.
The 2nd gen Scorpio IS NOT a shortened version of the Panther platform. I know wikipedia says so but there is nothing that would indicate it is (starting with IRS in the rear instead of the Crown Vics solid rear axle, or the more obvious fact that Panthers are body-on-frame while all Scorpios are unibody). The Scorpio is based on the 1st gen Scorpio (still called Granada in the UK) which was based on the Sierra platform. Anything else is bs. The Scorpio's design has pretty much nothing in common with any generation Crown Vic either...
Cracking car. I've owned 3 so far. Ride over a bumpy road cannot be beaten this side of S class Mercedes or Rolls Royce. Also the early cars used real wood on dash etc not plastic. You can get this car for under £500 in the UK now. Nothing comes close at that price.
+Fargah1 One that I just checked said 37 US mpg. It is nice but not great. Many vehicles now can hit that highway but they are sluggish while this seemed somewhat peppy. Throw a 6 speed manual in many of the full size sedans in the US these days and you could pretty easily hit 40-45 highway if the drivers were smoother with the throttle and didn't mind short shifting. In my 5 speed 4.0L ford explorer from 1995 before they cared about fuel efficiency can get 30 mpg highway if it is the middle of the night and nobody makes me speed up or slow down. I average 24 highway. The old rating was 21 highway and new rating 20 highway. Give me a second overdrive gear and I could pretty reliably hit 27 or so mpg. My Honda insight daily driver averages at 44 mpg...
+Vulgora computers are much faster and more efficient shifting than a human but manuals can transfer 99% of the power from the flywheel to the transmission where as a modern torque converter can only transfer 80% of the power to the transmission. Much better than the old torque converters which would transfer 60% of power. The problem with automatic transmissions is that for the most part if they are 6-9 speeds, they refuse to go into those higher gears unless you are going a certain speed. The only specific example I can think of is the 9 speed in the Jeep renegades which are in many vehicles currently. To go from gear 7 to 8 is very rough because it isn't designed perfectly so to be able to get into gear 8 you have to be going about 90 mph which is not a legal speed in the United States. Until that speed, the computer will not shift into those top gears. The problem with going that fast is that you are burning more fuel than necessary. According to the EPA, going from 55 mph to 65 mph, you lose 20% of your efficiency and you lose another 5% going to 70 mph. If you go 90 mph you are losing up to 60% of your fuel efficiency which is where overdrive gears come into play to let you regain some of that loss. With the Jeep Renegade 5th gear is the straight through gear (1:1) and 6 and 7 are overdrive gears. Gear 6 and 7 ratios for the ZF 9HP transmission are as follows: 0.808:1 and 0.699:1. My single overdrive gear in my stick shift (gear box Mazda M5OD-R1) is 0.79:1. The Jeep renegade gets an EPA MPG of 30 mpg highway with a 2.4L engine in 7th gear. The 1995 Ford Explorer gets an EPA MPG of 20 mpg highway with a 4.0L engine in 5th gear. I said before that I can get 30 mph when alone on the highway going 65 and not 70 for a few hours but I don't usually get that luxury as I will drive speed limit when other vehicles are present to limit the amount of lane changing other vehicles need to make. I on average get 24 highway. Only 6 short of the EPA for the renegade which has 60% of the engine size. I firmly believe throwing a 6 speed manual with a 0.63:1 ratio on full sized sedans with 1.8L or 2.0L engines would allow those vehicles to regularly hit 40 mpg... you just sacrifice fuel efficiency in city driving... and most americans don't know how to drive stick so it would end up being a flop. I don't like that pretty much every stick vehicle you can buy in the United States these days is either a 20 year old vehicle, a commercial vehicle, or a sport vehicle. There are exceptions to this but they are hard to find.
That footwell thing is a shame because this looks like it would be a very comfortable car for long journeys and thats to say long by North American standards not a mere trip from the east to the west side in the UK
Do all Rovers come with a very british passenger?
Of curse.
No he is a tof
Standard issue brit
No normally the driver
yes
00:02 the international sign of "I respect you and your car"
"So bourgeois you have to turn the air con off"
lol
It’s a typical thing with BMWs and that’s where lots of parts from this car come from.
Owner: "She's a grand old lady and treat her as such"
6:27
In the UK that's a pass to smash it.
I would not smash a old Lady. xD
@@kratztnichtstudio2046 nothing better than smashing an old lady man!
Gotta love that GILF life!
"This car is so bourgeoisie that you have to turn the air off" SEEEEEEEEEW BRIEEEEETISH
Since Mr Regular has german roots i'll use this as an excuse for you guys to come here to Germany. We are big fans of you here in the Frankfurt area and i'd let you review my "Artega GT" and "NSU Prinz Typ 47" and "Wiesmann MF3 Roadster" which all 3 are very weird but fun german cars.
And some of my colleagues and friends would also love to let you review their odd german cars like the "Opel Manta", "BMW M1", "Bitter CD", "Melkus RS1000" and of course the east-german "Trabant 601" and the WW2 "VW Kübelwagen"
All are around Frankfurt, i'll drop you an e-mail in case you ever decide to travel around these parts!
Chartreux Email him this man, this is gold!
Chartreux This need to happen.
Er muss den Artega fahren!
Whats odd about an Opel Manta? They used to be very common in the 80's. If your friends had a Kapitan V8 that would be awesome.
How de fack did ye get your hands on a Wiesmann m8?!
The owner is such a typical Rover owner
but without rover there would be no bmw or audi or land rover or range rover n Honda would prob not have their type R range as rover helped them with handling problems rover has a legendary race n rally history not to mention prestiege
@@boxinglegends6454 why would there be no BMW or Audi without Rover?
I’m really curious to hear that explanation!
Especially since this rover model uses lots of old BMW parts.
Ro Lux the 1st BMWs n Audis where old Rover floorplans n shells from Rover even Honda had to get Rovers help with its suspension problems
And now theres a Rover on Mars
The owner seems like a top lad.
He was born 60 years old
Chris is so British. If you're going to drive a Rover 75 in your 20's then this is the guy to do it.
Obligatory "UK Gallon are bigger than US gallon"
More importantly, the european fuel economy rating is completely different, absolutely unrealistic, you can only get that number if you drive 50 mph in the slipstream of a semi truck. The exact same engine would be EPA rated at something close to 30 MPG.
Our miles are also shorter.
andrews2547 Wait what????
US and UK miles are the same. Belgian miles are about a yard shorter though.
Most likely (for a gas / petrol T-1.8L I4 w/probably 180bhp, or roughly the new Audi A3 sedán / saloon US-spec output) would be US-EPA rated at ~ 24/30 US-MPG (city / highway) and those would be a more realistic measure of what that RWD Rover 75 can achieve.
In US spec only low-powered gas / petrol + electric hybrids (Prius anyone?) or < 150bhp turbodiesels can stand a chance at a 45+ US-MPG highway rating.
The Alfa 156 is one of the best handling front wheel drive cars ever.
These things cost pennies now in the uk, probably not a bad car for the money!
though many sadly fall to head gasket failure, a big weak point of the Rover K-series engines.
insanitybiker caused by low coolant levels, it needs to have coolant filled all to the top all the time.
@@minoanlight4545 Which is caused by leaks from using nylon locating pegs for the cylinder head in early versions and poor original inlet manifold gasket. Both were finally fixed not long before they stopped making the excellent K series engine. I've had Honda and VW twin cams and the Rover was the best for torque and driveability.
@@tech4pros1 only the 4 cylinders
Got my V6 for 450quid brilliant thing for the money
7:20 Gotta be careful comparing those numbers since US and UK gallons are different.
Yup, came on here to post this. 40mpg UK is pretty close to 32/33 US, which is about right for a car like this.
Secrets!? What secrets are you keeping from us!?
Please someone tell me that the owner is somehow related to James May. I mean srsly wtf
he would make the perfect "James may casual nephew"
Even a snack for a passing polar bear ? Google posh boy and polar bear
he looks like Mark from peep show
I can already picture his first face to face interaction with Mr. Regular with a very polite and awkward 'hello'.
General Cabbagehead Is Mr. Regular a group of girls though?
I adore this. Seeing you soak up the most British of cars. The 75 is great.
I enjoyed this review so much I went out & bought one for myself. Rover 75 Connoisseur with black piped leather trim & the 1.8ltr Turbo engine. I certainly think these are comparable to the Buick market segment in America in terms of both trim levels & demographic buyers. However I buck the trend because I'm a younger buyer like this driver & I've seen two in the last week driven by guys in their twenties.
lol me too Im 23 and looking to buy a 1.8t facelifted 75 as my first car to own
"So bourgeoisie that you have to turn the AirCon *off*". . . LOL
As a Alfa 156 owner I have to insist - it does not steer like a boat. Apart from that, what a swell gentleman.
Separate temperature setting for dash vents is an awesome thing for winter. You can quickly heat up your interior and windshield without breathing hot air. Some Saabs and Volvos have it too.
“Heat on the feet, air in the hair.” My feet get cold easily. My head and upper body tends to overheat. And sometimes both of these things happen at the same time. So I can appreciate that kind of specific control for the HVAC system.
So baby pull me closer in the backseat of your rover 75
That I know you could afford, bite that crisp off of your shoulder
it's a joke at my place of work but i used to drive an old decrepit 214
That I know you cant afford to run
3:27 Lol, that horn. Definitely "Heh."
Dents gloves. Man's got taste.
Rover 75's are awesome . You should of tried the ford modular v8 version either the 75 or mg ZT version
Yelps. Sooooooooooooo British
I've had a few 75's love them
In the winter, it can be nice to have warm air at your feet and cool air in your face. 🇦🇺🇬🇧
Pretty sure the Mk.2 Ford Scorpio wasn't based on the Panther platform, they're not body on frame, right?
Was based on the Mk.1's platform, which in turn was derived from the Seirra. Which if I remember rightly still used some Cortina based parts, might be wrong about that last bit though.
Yes, he's definitely wrong there.
The guy has no idea what he's talking about, the mk2 Scorpio is a facelift of the mk1 which is a heavily modified version of the ford Sierra platform which featured a brand new rear suspension design unrelated to the cortina which had a live rear axle
yeah! and there was a Scorpio wagon. I'm pretty sure it was just a taurus.
+Chew Singh all Scorpios were RWD/AWD, the Taurus range was FWD and completely unrelated
Just bought one of these yesterday
I have had 2x rover 75 and both were amazing cars.When i got them they had been neglected by previous owners.Once i sorted them out they were amongst the best saloon car i have driven.Currently i have a 75 1.8 and it only has 38k on the clock.It's a beauty.All you people looking for flash cars dont know what you are missing out on.I highly recommend these cars.
I like a bit of body lean like P71 or maybe mid to low tier mercury levels of body lean. Once you get over the fear that first comes with feeling the body lean over like where you think youre about to flip the car it becomes a really good indicator for how hard youre turning and if youre indeed at risk of turning too hard
I think I've watched this about 50 times now. Brilliant video about a brilliant car
I heard Daihatsu and now I'm immensely excited
I
HEARD
DAIHATSU
I
WANT
A
DAIHATSU
And what was said off camera? We shall never know ;)
How's the back seat?
when i drove stick i only used the parking brake sometimes like on a hill other wise 1st or r
Didn't try the cup holders! I love the 75 cup holders!
One in the front is useful for holding my free cup of coffee from Waitrose. I don't know what the ones in back are like.
I wonder how many people in the US use the parking brake even if the car is an automatic. Count me in for using it.
Henry Rieken if you pull up the e brake before you put it in park it puts less stress on the trans
I don't. Although I do ease off the brakes when I park in my garage since the car likes to roll backwards a lot.
Henry Rieken I was 12 driving an Automatic jeep grand cherokee with my grandfather, and he yelled at me for braking whenever i wasn't moving.
Henry Rieken I use it in an auto civic. got into the habit and it pisses anyone else who drives my car off to no end
Same here, and with an automatic Civic. And there have been times where my mother would use my car and she'd have trouble getting the parking brake back down, lol.
Tiny British driving gloves left stretched after giant 'murcan hands.
Is that a porn film title?
good job it's not "keksi the labrador"
I'm so glad you've driven a 75
Different air temps between feet and face would be a very useful thing in bad weather where your legs might be cold and soaked and youre trying to dry off but the heater is way too hot for the rest of your body
I just love having a voice for that British guy. He is just so damn British. Well done sir!
A very accurate review of how the 75 feels to own and drive. They're very pleasant to drive...and the enthusiast owners swear by them. If you want to sample the predecessor, the Rover 800 Series......hunt out either a Sterling 825 or 827, or a first generation Accura Legend :).
Had an 820 for 3 years and found it handled like a boat compared to the SAAB 900 I swapped it for. Yes, I think the 75 is a far better car than the 800, but there are certain things I don't like about some of the interior trim, especially the door cards, why they use a nylon style fabric, and the material they used on the seats is rather thin, similar to my wife's 1988 Mini City, how long will it last? We will see unless we end up with a 2006 Jaguar XJ6/8 petrol engined car again.
my brother had the MG V8 version of this car. it really was made on a shoestring by Rover. It was like a car made of the parts bin. It even had a TV in it which displayed the BMW logo when you turned it on. Couldnt even be bothered to reflash the startup screen! that'll Do
James Carson lol no way
James Carson Really? Even pre-2008 gm wasnt that lazy!
It weren't that they were lazy by that point, it's that they were PROFOUNDLY cash-starved. This would've been after they got sold by BMW to the Phoenix group. This organisation was...somewhat less than reputable, (one of the directors installed software that was called "Evidence Eliminator" and that shockingly, a bunch of evidence showing where £42 million of employees pays and pension had gone to was...hold onto your butts...eliminated), and they also didn't have anything like the money that a volume car manufacturer needs.
but bmw n audi wouldn't exist without rover neither would range n land rover the first bmws n audis where rovers that they took from here
Scorpio definitely isn't related to the Panther, it's a lengthened Sierra underneath.
I test drove a Rover 75 2005 2.5 litre V6 and the acceleration was not responsive.
I had to literally press hard with my foot on the accelerator to get speed pick up
of the car. Is this a common issue with this series model?
Sooooo fancy
I'm considering a Rover 25 now because of you, Mr Regular.
Microwave anything to look for in a used one?
SEEEEW BREEETIIIISHHHH
You gotta do it in squires voice.
Sooooo British. M.
very nice interior
Something something US MPG is different something something smaller gallon.
Can someone please remind me which video where mr. Regular said something along the lines "it has no clutch, it's not a manual?" I'm having a sudden crave for it
Is that an Abarth I see out the window? I'm excited to see what Mr. Regular has to say about a car like that.
Got my Rover 75 last year.Only has 38k on the clock.Immaculate condition and only cost me 400 quid.What a bargain and what a car.
Oh, and I brought up the mk2 Scorpio on an earlier video hoping you would somehow look into it considering its the European's take on a basic American-esque saloon.
i think the warm air on face/ cold air on feet is for smokers? warm air and cigarettes dont really mix
It has been a feature of Rovers for a long while. My dad's 3.5 V8 SD1 had that in the 70's. Cool for the face, warm for the feet can be appreciated by anyone that has experienced a British winter.
I guess you can dry your shoes on a rainy day while not getting a damp cabin
How to you get used to driving left handed?
OMG, the gloves...I think I found them way funnier than I should have, but I am drunk.
Such a cad for the driving gloves.... review some TVRs!!
Avoid 1.8s they dont have enough water in them by design and you have to top them up to full or the gaskets go. The Rover 75 is a heavy car and low, it takes corners easily compared to many saloons. The Bmw engine is bullet proof 2.0l 2.5l, but 19mpg and diesel saloon and Tourer 50mpg. These cars go for absolute bargain prices now, yet drive as good or better than most other makes.
I can totally see Richard and Hyacinth Bucket cruising the country side in something like this lol
or maybe a range rover cos their only a rover as are bmws n audis both of which where based on rovers way back when
Nice sounding car nice looking car amazingly priced car im going to buy one when im 17
The mpg's aren't as great as you think the UK uses imperial gallons not US gallons. A US gallon is 3.8 litres, A imperial gallon is 4.1 litres.
Really does remind me of a Audi B5 1.8 turbo 5 speed.
2nd gen cts has a 1 and 0 gas gauge
First time Mr. Regular regularly floors the throttle and its a Rover :D
It's fine if it's warmed up my 1.4 rover 25 is great when I floor it and it only shoots a little bit of coolent out the exhurst
The only car I could think of that we have here comparable would be the Mazda 626, luxurious enough for a luxury sedan, yet has sporty features all around, and is one of the few luxury cars with a manual.
The 2nd gen Scorpio IS NOT a shortened version of the Panther platform. I know wikipedia says so but there is nothing that would indicate it is (starting with IRS in the rear instead of the Crown Vics solid rear axle, or the more obvious fact that Panthers are body-on-frame while all Scorpios are unibody). The Scorpio is based on the 1st gen Scorpio (still called Granada in the UK) which was based on the Sierra platform. Anything else is bs. The Scorpio's design has pretty much nothing in common with any generation Crown Vic either...
Why does that look like the inside of a '96 Taurus?
You drove a Daihatsu? I bet I can't sleep until I see the video.
Did The Roman drive anything while he was there?
I can't explain why, but Chris's voice reminds me of Nick Bookman from Sonic State, who's in Bath.
Keep in mind that 46 imperial MPG is ~37 US mpg.
Chris is Mark Corrigan from Peep Show
Looked like Ashton Kutcher next to you there LoL
Cracking car. I've owned 3 so far. Ride over a bumpy road cannot be beaten this side of S class Mercedes or Rolls Royce.
Also the early cars used real wood on dash etc not plastic.
You can get this car for under £500 in the UK now. Nothing comes close at that price.
khurramsultan2012 but??? Head gaskets constantly blowing, which is a shame as it puts people off.
Ben Powe only in the 1.8
Im going to get these gloves for my rover 75 so classy😆why didnt these cars sell in America
Ohh boy Abarth spotted. Tell me that's gonna be an upcoming review.
Mr. Regular drives Dr. Who!
Mr Regular you should know 46mpg in UK gallons isn't equal to us MPG gallon! I'm guessing equal to about 39mpg us gallon without doing conversion.
Does Mr Regular know that a British Gallon is larger than a US gallon?
46mpg should be approximately 40ish us mpg
It's worse than that, 50mpg UK = 41.63mpg US
+Fargah1 One that I just checked said 37 US mpg. It is nice but not great. Many vehicles now can hit that highway but they are sluggish while this seemed somewhat peppy. Throw a 6 speed manual in many of the full size sedans in the US these days and you could pretty easily hit 40-45 highway if the drivers were smoother with the throttle and didn't mind short shifting. In my 5 speed 4.0L ford explorer from 1995 before they cared about fuel efficiency can get 30 mpg highway if it is the middle of the night and nobody makes me speed up or slow down. I average 24 highway. The old rating was 21 highway and new rating 20 highway. Give me a second overdrive gear and I could pretty reliably hit 27 or so mpg. My Honda insight daily driver averages at 44 mpg...
manual doesnt give you more mpgs only compared to a 3 speed
+Vulgora computers are much faster and more efficient shifting than a human but manuals can transfer 99% of the power from the flywheel to the transmission where as a modern torque converter can only transfer 80% of the power to the transmission. Much better than the old torque converters which would transfer 60% of power. The problem with automatic transmissions is that for the most part if they are 6-9 speeds, they refuse to go into those higher gears unless you are going a certain speed. The only specific example I can think of is the 9 speed in the Jeep renegades which are in many vehicles currently. To go from gear 7 to 8 is very rough because it isn't designed perfectly so to be able to get into gear 8 you have to be going about 90 mph which is not a legal speed in the United States. Until that speed, the computer will not shift into those top gears. The problem with going that fast is that you are burning more fuel than necessary. According to the EPA, going from 55 mph to 65 mph, you lose 20% of your efficiency and you lose another 5% going to 70 mph. If you go 90 mph you are losing up to 60% of your fuel efficiency which is where overdrive gears come into play to let you regain some of that loss. With the Jeep Renegade 5th gear is the straight through gear (1:1) and 6 and 7 are overdrive gears. Gear 6 and 7 ratios for the ZF 9HP transmission are as follows: 0.808:1 and 0.699:1. My single overdrive gear in my stick shift (gear box Mazda M5OD-R1) is 0.79:1. The Jeep renegade gets an EPA MPG of 30 mpg highway with a 2.4L engine in 7th gear. The 1995 Ford Explorer gets an EPA MPG of 20 mpg highway with a 4.0L engine in 5th gear. I said before that I can get 30 mph when alone on the highway going 65 and not 70 for a few hours but I don't usually get that luxury as I will drive speed limit when other vehicles are present to limit the amount of lane changing other vehicles need to make. I on average get 24 highway. Only 6 short of the EPA for the renegade which has 60% of the engine size. I firmly believe throwing a 6 speed manual with a 0.63:1 ratio on full sized sedans with 1.8L or 2.0L engines would allow those vehicles to regularly hit 40 mpg... you just sacrifice fuel efficiency in city driving... and most americans don't know how to drive stick so it would end up being a flop. I don't like that pretty much every stick vehicle you can buy in the United States these days is either a 20 year old vehicle, a commercial vehicle, or a sport vehicle. There are exceptions to this but they are hard to find.
Alan Partridge in the left seat?
Ha-haaa!
I wonder what he had to tell Chris? "I like this more than any American made boat" or something like that?
Mr. Regular, you need to review a Sterling, the American Rover.
Complete with a free Patrick Macnee (John Steed).
Shagadelic!
so the Scorpio went from foxbody to panther body???
nope, the guy is mistaken, the Scorpio Mk2 had the same platform as the Mk1 which was developed from the Sierra.
"why!...Why?...."
The Rover's owner is soooooo British...
"This car is so bourgeoisie you have to turn the air-con off"
That footwell thing is a shame because this looks like it would be a very comfortable car for long journeys and thats to say long by North American standards not a mere trip from the east to the west side in the UK
Glad he's keeping the British end up😁
Ashton Kutcher's twin brother ?
The inside is a Jaguar s type!
This is my car engi BMW 2.0 CDTi 136 CV great car 2018 🇵🇹
Well there is a difference between a Imperial MPG and US MPG
Oh my god is Mr Regular going to review an Alfa 156? Say it's so
Did it ever happen?
Next drive a land rover freelander.
COPEN REVIEW INBOUND